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Virginia President

In the 2016 Virginia President race, Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) won by about 5 points.

Actual result
D+5.3
Final polls said
D+6.6
22 late polls · ✓
VotePredictor Elections predicted
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Winner
Dem

"Final polls" = the last ~3 weeks; the prediction is walk-forward. How this is scored →

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor Elections shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Public Policy PollingD+5.00.3✓
2Gravis MarketingD+5.00.3✓
3Winthrop University Center for Public Opinion & Policy ResearchD+5.00.3✓
4LucidD+5.00.3✓
5IpsosD+4.80.5✓
6Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic LeadershipD+6.00.7✓
7The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and GovernmentD+6.00.7✓
8Hampton University Center for Public PolicyD+4.01.3✓
9Emerson CollegeD+4.01.3✓
10Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion ResearchD+7.01.7✓
11Princeton Survey Research Associates InternationalD+3.02.3✓
12SurveyMonkeyD+8.02.7✓
13Remington Research GroupD+2.03.3✓
14Tarrance GroupD+9.03.7✓
15YouGovD+9.13.8✓
16Quinnipiac UniversityD+12.06.7✓

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Princeton Election ConsortiumDem 98%0.000✓
2New York TimesDem 96%0.002✓
3VotePredictor ElectionsDem 92%0.006✓
4Cook PoliticalDem 90%0.010✓
5Inside ElectionsDem 90%0.010✓
6Sabato's Crystal BallDem 90%0.010✓
7FiveThirtyEightDem 86%0.020✓

The polls behind it

39 polls · newest first
PollsterDateMiss
Hampton University Center for Public Policy2016-11-041
SurveyMonkey2016-11-043
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2016-11-031
Public Policy Polling2016-11-030
Ipsos2016-11-031

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2016 Virginia President race?

Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) won, by about 5.3 points (D+5.3).

When was the 2016 Virginia President election held?

It was held in November 2016.

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